Quantity Surveyor Croydon, UK

We're seeking people who bring together a unique blend of personal strengths, technical know-how, and a genuine passion for the built environment and construction industry.

TSA Riley is a global organisation, 1,000 people strong. We provide expert project consultancy across Advisory, Project Management, Cost Management, Asset Management, and ESG, and our people are at the centre of everything we do.

We help clients create great places to work, live, shop, play, and produce.

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Cultivate positive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Effectively communicate ideas and actions that resonate with diverse audiences.

Exhibit drive, flexibility, passion, and a proactive attitude towards tasks.

Take ownership of responsibilities and ensure timely delivery on commitments.

Approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.

Analyse and synthesise detailed information to identify opportunities for improvement.

Possess a degree qualification, underpinning knowledge and skills.

Quantity Surveyor Croydon, UK

30/10/2025

Join our retail cost management team in our Croydon Head Office and work alongside some of the largest UK retailers in delivering projects.

Quantity Surveyor - Croydon

Hybrid Working - Competitive Salary + Car Allowance

Full Time

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our cost management team as a Quantity Surveyor in our Croydon Head Office. You will focus on exciting, fast paced retail projects within the region.

TSA Riley is a global project consultancy of 1,000 experts with experience across all stages of the project lifecycle. Our mission is to help our clients and communities realise the transformative power of their built assets. At TSA Riley, a road is more than asphalt, it's how we get home to our families. A school provides more than an education, it's where we set the direction for our future.

We help our clients enhance public and private property, buildings and infrastructure for our collective future. Our commitment to creating positive impact drives our mission to create spaces and places where people connect, learn, live, heal, protect, shop, work, and travel.

TSA Riley has offices in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Across our locations we aim to inspire, support and empower our people to grow at a pace that surprises them.

Our industry-leading benefits, diverse growth opportunities, engaging social activities, award-winning learning and development programmes and comprehensive Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives are designed to support you at every stage of your career journey.

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About the Role

TSA Riley is proud to have an envious reputation of working alongside some of the UK's largest retail clients providing a variety of consultancy services such as cost management, project management and sustainability consulting.

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor with the ability to work in a client-facing role and manage a portfolio of exciting, fast-paced schemes with one or more of our clients in this sector. You will have had exposure to pre and post contract duties in your prior role and be confident in your abilities to operate in the day-to-day cost management with support from our management team.

If you are ready to join an organisation that is dedicated to making a difference and adding value to the projects we work on, whilst developing your career, in a supportive, fun and flexible working environment, then we would love to hear from you.

For candidates currently working towards their chartership or with ambitions to do so, we can provide you with access to our industry leading APC programme. With over 50 staff currently enrolled we can provide you with dedicated support towards becoming chartered with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Key tasks and responsibilities of the Quantity Surveyor role include:

• Working as part of a team of surveyors and project managers reporting into the Director whilst providing a cost consulting role to the client
• Ensure the client achieves their stated objectives through close teamwork, proactive cost control and the provision of contractual advice
• Attend and/or chair meetings with client
• Prepare financial reports
• Monitor the communication of a project status
• Prepare full tender documentation
• Provide advice on contractors, specialists, procurement routes, cost and programme solutions
• Provide advice on suitability and preparation of contract documents
• Prepare management reports
• Monitor performance milestones and deliverables
• Administer cost/variation procedures
• Carry out full post contract surveying duties including establishing the effect of variations, settlement of accounts and disputes
• Provide day-to-day cost management of projects from estimate preparation and cost planning through to final account settlements

Desired qualifications and experience:

• A relevant degree or masters qualification in quantity surveying or similar equivalent subject
• Prior experience of working within the retail sector of the construction industry, or similar equivalent sector with fast-paced refurbishment and fit-out projects would be advantageous.
• The ability to carry out a variety of pre and post contract duties autonomously.
• Confident personality with the ability to interact and communicate effectively with our client(s) on a regular basis.
• Experience of using CostX software would be highly advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience of working with JCT contracts is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out tendering and procurement processes.
• Full UK Driving License is essential for this role as travel will be required to sites not always accessible via public transport. A car allowance will be provided as part of your package.

Who we are:

TSA Riley has a 130-year heritage dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In Asia Pacific we trace our roots back to the 1980s through the merging of several respected, small project management and advisory firms.

Now, in the 21st century, we're defining and pioneering a new way of helping our clients drive greater value and impact from their built assets.

Plan. Procure. Deliver. Optimise. Decarbonise. We call this project consulting.

We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations advice; project and cost management; carbon advice; and dispute resolution. This uniquely broad range of services - across the project lifecycle - means we understand the interdependencies at every stage. We combine this with hands on experience and personalised service to drive greater value, impact and certainty for our clients' projects.

What makes us different:

• Partnerships for positive impact: Standing side-by-side with our clients, we shape our collective future.
• Growth - together: Our strength lies not only in our global reach, wide range of sectors and services but also in how grow and develop our people.
• Connected intelligence: We are a business of 1,000 connected and collaborative project consultants. Our leaders are diverse and experienced, and we challenge and learn from each other to deliver positive outcomes.
• Integrity in everything: We do the right thing by each other, our clients and our communities.
• And a lot of fun along the way: We celebrate success, enjoy the journey and cherish our culture of camaraderie. Together, we embrace our differences and celebrate the things that make each of us authentically unique.

TSA Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with us but are not able to commit to a full time role and/or would require forms of flexible working. Additionally, we provide hybrid working as standard practice.

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

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